Japanese Robot Blasts Off

[Agent11]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/10221399/Talking-robot-astronaut-blasts-into-space.html

Seems interesting, I wonder if they can link in an encyclopedia of information to it over wifi so that it can assist the astronauts, or if it just talks about random crap.

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

Apparently it just talks. It's really a toy.

 

[Agent11]

You would think they would have given it at least the capability of an iPhone... Or maybe they could buy it an iPhone and teach it to use it... :hmm:

 

[irishScott]

You would think they would have given it at least the capability of an iPhone... Or maybe they could buy it an iPhone and teach it to use it... :hmm:

Siri, kill all humans!

 

[Schmide]

Disappoint. Japan robot must have boobs

 

[Darwin333]

What a letdown! I read "huminoid robot" and was like "kick ass" at first and then I saw it and bleh, I think my daughter had something similar in size that plugged into her ipod and sang and danced when music was played.

 

[MrPickins]

Robonaut seems cooler to me (and was already on the ISS):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robonaut

The thing has amazing dexterity.

 

[Agent11]

They should try to give it cleaning functionality too, like a vacuum pack... Or have it be responsible for managing a space roomba. :hmm:

 

[uhohs]

The endeavour is a joint project between advertising company Dentsu, auto giant Toyota and robot creator Tomotaka Takahashi at the University of Tokyo's Research Centre for Advanced Science and Technology.

Hah, Dentsu, they have their dirty hands in everything.

 

[gevorg]

nice rocket, meh robot

 

[dennilfloss]

They gave it a majorly annoying voice.

 

[exdeath]

The Apollo launches and F-1 engine tests bring tears to my eyes. Where are we 50 years later? Fucking spinning rims and facebook and a welfare population too dumb to tie their own shoes let alone build rockets.

Sigh.